Worship Arts Notes ♫♫

Thine Be The Glory.

In 1884, George Frideric Handel’s hymn tune MACCABAEUS met its perfect match in Frenchman Edmond Budry’s hymn text "A Toi la Gloire," and we know the match today as "Thine Be the Glory."

This pairing works remarkably well together because the two have much in common.

Handel originally composed the tune for the oratorio Joshua for a chorus called, “See, the Conquering Hero Comes!” which celebrates the military victories of the biblical figure named Joshua.

The tune, fittingly, stirs our spirits to the solid and happy emotions that coincide with victory.

Edmond Budry’s hymn text paints another scene of a War Hero returning home victorious: none other than our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who conquered death once and for all when He rose from the dead and paid the price for our sin.